Financial sector inefficiencies and coordination failures implications for crisis management

In a country where financial intermediation is highly inefficient (with the enforcement costs of loan contracts very high, for example), or in one experiencing great volatility and large adverse shocks in output, the likelihood of an inefficient equilibrium is great. In East Asia it may be in the in...

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Main Author: Agénor, Pierre-Richard
Corporate Author: World Bank Institute Economic Policy and Poverty Reduction
Other Authors: Aizenman, Joshua
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington, DC World Bank, World Bank Institute, Economic Policy and Poverty Reduction 1999
Series:Policy research working paper
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Collection: World Bank E-Library Archive - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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Summary:In a country where financial intermediation is highly inefficient (with the enforcement costs of loan contracts very high, for example), or in one experiencing great volatility and large adverse shocks in output, the likelihood of an inefficient equilibrium is great. In East Asia it may be in the interests of both debtors and creditors to collectively reduce the face value of debt, to reduce inefficiencies in the financial sector
Item Description:"September 1999. - Cover title. - Includes bibliographical references (p. 19-20)
Physical Description:20, [3] p ill 28 cm